Butler   5

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  • Birth

    Birth

    My parents were both students at the University of Illinois. Apparently, I attended class as an infant.
  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts

    Moved to Massachusetts when my father took a job at Milton-Bradley
  • Sister

    Sister

    My younger sister was born. I thought that she was rather noisy. Some things remain unchanged.
  • Tennessee

    Tennessee

    Moved to Tennessee when my dad got a job with Magnavox.
  • Oregon

    Oregon

    Moved to Oregon when my father got a job at Intel.
  • High school

    High school

    Graduated from Beaverton High School in Oregon
  • Cornell

    Cornell

    Graduated with a B.S. from Cornell
  • Penny the macaw

    Penny the macaw

    Took in a macaw from friends of the family. She says, "Hello" and "How are you?".
  • Oxford

    Oxford

    Graduated with a Ph.D from Oxford. My research was on the population biology of invasive Rose-ringed Parakeets
  • Sewanee & Son

    Sewanee & Son

    Taught at Sewanee, a small, private liberal-arts college in Tennessee for a year. My first child was born.
  • UCO

    UCO

    Started teaching in the Biology department at UCO
  • Daughter

    Daughter

    Welcomed my second child into the world.
  • England, Belgium, the Netherlands

    England, Belgium, the Netherlands

    CaSTLE trip to England, Belgium, the Netherlands
  • Belize

    Belize

    Took Tropical Field Bio class to Belize
  • Fulbright in Botswana

    Fulbright in Botswana

    Spent 2016-17 on a Fulbright sabbatical in Botswana